---
title: generate
description: API reference for the `turbo generate` command
---

import { Callout } from '#/components/callout';

Extend your Turborepo with new apps and packages.

```bash title="Terminal"
turbo generate
```

- [`turbo generate run [generator-name]`](#run-generator-name): Run custom generators defined in your repository.
- [`turbo generate workspace [options]`](#workspace): Create a new package in your repository by copying an existing one or from the start.

For more information and practical use cases for writing custom generators, visit [the "Generating code" guide](/repo/docs/guides/generating-code).

<Callout type="good-to-know">
  `turbo gen` is an alias for `turbo generate`. Additionally, `run` is the
  default command so `turbo gen` is equivalent to `turbo generate run`.
</Callout>

## `run [generator-name]`

Run custom generators defined in your repository.

```bash title="Terminal"
turbo gen run [generator-name]
```

### Flag options

#### `--args`

Answers to pass directly to the generator's prompts.

#### `--config <path>`

Generator configuration file.

Default: `turbo/generators/config.js`

#### `--root <path>`

The root of your repository

Default: directory with root `turbo.json`

## `workspace`

Create a new workspace.

```bash title="Terminal"
turbo gen workspace [options]
```

### Flag options

#### `--name <name>`

The name for the new workspace to be used in the `package.json` `name` key. The `name` key is the unique identifier for the package in your repository.

#### `--empty`

Creates an empty workspace. Defaults to `true`.

#### `--copy <name>/<url>`

Name of local workspace within your monorepo or a fully qualified GitHub URL with any branch and/or subdirectory.

#### `--destination <path>`

Where the new workspace should be created.

#### `--type <app/package>`

The type of workspace to create (`app` or `package`).

#### `--root <path>`

The root of your repository. Defaults to the directory of the root `turbo.json`.

#### `--show-all-dependencies`

Prevent filtering dependencies by workspace type when selecting dependencies to add.

#### `--example-path <path>`, `-p <path>`

In a rare case, your GitHub URL might contain a branch name with a slash (e.g. `bug/fix-1`) and the path to the example (e.g. `foo/bar`). In this case, you must specify the path to the example separately.
